Managing Heritage in Africa
Managing Heritage in Africa

Author: Webber Ndoro

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781138202818

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Series general co-editors' foreword -- 1 Approaches and trends in African heritage management and conservation -- 2 The challenges of the preservation of archaeological heritage in West Africa -- 3 The African response to the concept and implementation of the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting Illicit Import and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property -- 4 Reorienting heritage management in southern Africa: lessons from traditional custodianship of rock art sites in central Mozambique -- 5 Traditional methods of conservation: a case study of Bafut -- 6 Sites of pain and shame as heritage discourses: case study of Shimoni slave cave in south-eastern Kenya -- 7 The evolution of cultural and natural management systems with the waterlogged villages in Benin -- 8 Managing sacred places as heritage in West Africa -- 9 The sacred groves in the Bight of Benin: a misunderstood heritage? -- 10 Investigating incorporation of community cultural values in archaeological impact assessment processes: case studies from Botswana -- 11 Heritage management at a crossroads: the role of contract archaeology in South Africa -- 12 Dammed if you do, damned if you don't: archaeology and the Lesotho Highlands Water Project -- 13 Managing the built environment and the urban landscape in South Africa -- 14 Heritage and energy development issues: a controversial complex relationship -- 15 Conflict between local communities and heritage managers in the conservation of Historic Cairo -- 16 The triple development dilemma confronting historic urban areas: Mombasa Old Town and Lamu World Heritage Site -- 17 Caring matters: the future of managing heritage in Africa -- Index

The Management Of Cultural World Heritage Sites and Development In Africa
The Management Of Cultural World Heritage Sites and Development In Africa

Author: Simon Makuvaza

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2014-03-28

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1493904825

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Ever since the signing of the World Heritage Convention 40 years ago and ratified by 33 African countries, to date, only 43 cultural heritage sites have been successfully proclaimed as World Heritage Sites in Africa. These include archaeological and historical sites, religious monuments and cultural landscapes. This book is a re-evaluation of the nomination and management of cultural World Heritage sites in Africa from the late 1970s when the Island of Gorée of Senegal and the Rock-Hewn Churches of Ethiopia were first inscribed on the WHL until today. It considers whether a credible and well balanced WHL has been attained, especially in regards to the nomination of more sites in Africa. The book also examines the roles and contribution of various heritage organizations and African governments to the nomination and management of cultural World Heritage sites in Africa. Lastly, the volume also scrutinizes economic development, which may result from the nomination and successful management of cultural World Heritage sites in Africa.

African Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management
African Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management

Author: Susan Osireditse Keitumetse

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-11

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 3319320173

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For a long time, resource conservationists have viewed environmental conservation as synonymous with wilderness and wildlife resources only, oblivious to the contributions made by cultural and heritage resources. However, cultural heritage resources in many parts of the developing world are gradually becoming key in social (e.g. communities’ identities and museums), economic (heritage tourism and eco-tourism), educational (curriculum development), civic (intergenerational awareness), and international resources management (e.g. UNESCO). In universities, African cultural heritage resources are facing a challenge of being brought into various academic discourses and syllabi in a rather reactive and/or haphazard approach, resulting in failure to fully address and research these resources’ conservation needs to ensure that their use in multiple platforms and by various stakeholders is sustainable. This book seeks to place African cultural heritage studies and conservation practices within an international and modern world discourse of conservation by presenting its varied themes and topics that are important for the development of the wider field of cultural heritage studies and management.

Managing Heritage in Africa
Managing Heritage in Africa

Author: Webber Ndoro

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-08-23

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 1315472953

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Managing Heritage in Africa provides a wide-ranging, up-to-date synthesis of heritage management practice in Africa, covering a broad spectrum of heritage issues such as archaeology, living traditions, sacred sites, heritage of pain (slavery), international conventions cultural landscapes, heritage in conflict areas and heritage versus development. Dealing with both intangible and tangible heritage, Managing Heritage in Africa gives an informative insight into some of the major issues and approaches to contemporary heritage management in Africa and situates the challenges facing heritage practitioners.

Practical Considerations for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
Practical Considerations for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage

Author: Michelle L. Stefano

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-07-23

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1000412385

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Practical Considerations for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage examines theoretical issues relating to intangible cultural heritage policy and practice, whilst also proposing practical ways to facilitate the safeguarding of such heritage. Providing guidelines for best practice that take into account the constraints of the UNESCO-ICH paradigm, Stefano examines the principles and practices of two alternative and largely non-UNESCO frameworks for sustaining living cultural traditions: the philosophy of ecomuseology, and the discipline of public folklore in the context of the U.S. Arguing that they offer more collaborative, equitable, and effective ways forward for safeguarding ICH, Stefano demonstrates how they can address the limitations of the UNESCO-ICH paradigm. Importantly, the book offers a personal perspective, grounded in the author’s public sector work, which allows the ICH discourse to move beyond critical analysis and explore realistic, alternative ways in which ICH can be collaboratively and equitably safeguarded. Practical Considerations for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage proposes guidelines for professionals, researchers, and communities that foster safeguarding approaches that are as unique and nuanced as ICH expressions themselves. The interdisciplinary nature of the book will ensure that it is useful to those interested in community-led ICH safeguarding, as well as the impacts of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention, in diverse geographic, political, economic, and sociocultural contexts.

The Politics of Heritage in Africa
The Politics of Heritage in Africa

Author: Derek R. Peterson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-03-02

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 1107094852

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This book shows African heritage to be a mode of political organisation - where heritage work has a uniquely wide currency.

Community Archaeology and Heritage in Africa
Community Archaeology and Heritage in Africa

Author: Peter R. Schmidt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-06-17

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1317220749

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This volume provides new insights into the distinctive contributions that community archaeology and heritage make to the decolonization of archaeological practice. Using innovative approaches, the contributors explore important initiatives which have protected and revitalized local heritage, initiatives that involved archaeologists as co-producers rather than leaders. These case studies underline the need completely reshape archaeological practice, engaging local and indigenous communities in regular dialogue and recognizing their distinctive needs, in order to break away from the top-down power relationships that have previously characterized archaeology in Africa. Community Archaeology and Heritage in Africa reflects a determined effort to change how archaeology is taught to future generations. Through community-based participatory approaches, archaeologists and heritage professionals can benefit from shared resources and local knowledge; and by sharing decision-making with members of local communities, archaeological inquiry can enhance their way of life, ameliorate their human rights concerns, and meet their daily needs to build better futures. Exchanging traditional power structures for research design and implementation, the examples outlined in this volume demonstrate the discipline’s exciting capacity to move forward to achieve its potential as a broader, more accessible, and more inclusive field.

Handbook of Research on Heritage Management and Preservation
Handbook of Research on Heritage Management and Preservation

Author: Ngulube, Patrick

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2018-02-02

Total Pages: 533

ISBN-13: 1522531386

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Archives, museums, and libraries are pivotal to the management and preservation of any society's heritage. Heritage assets should be systematically managed by putting in place proper policies, maintenance procedures, security and risks measures, and retrieval and preservation plans. The Handbook of Research on Heritage Management and Preservation is a critical scholarly resource that examines different aspects of heritage management and preservation ranging from theories that underline the field, areas of convergence and divergence in the field, infrastructure and the policy framework that governs the field, and the influence of the changing landscape on practice. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics, such as community involvement, records legislation, and collection development, this book is geared towards academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on heritage management and preservation.

Conservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Kenya
Conservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Kenya

Author: Anne-Marie Deisser

Publisher: UCL Press

Published: 2016-10-07

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1910634824

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In Kenya, cultural and natural heritage has a particular value. Its pre-historic heritage not only tells the story of man's origin and evolution but has also contributed to the understanding of the earth's history: fossils and artefacts spanning over 27 million years have been discovered and conserved by the National Museums of Kenya (NMK). Alongside this, the steady rise in the market value of African art has also affected Kenya. Demand for African tribal art has surpassed that for antiquities of Roman, Byzantine, and Egyptian origin, and in African countries currently experiencing conflicts, this activity invariably attracts looters, traffickers and criminal networks. This book brings together essays by heritage experts from different backgrounds, including conservation, heritage management, museum studies, archaeology, environment and social sciences, architecture and landscape, geography, philosophy and economics to explore three key themes: the underlying ethics, practices and legal issues of heritage conservation; the exploration of architectural and urban heritage of Nairobi; and the natural heritage, landscapes and sacred sites in relation to local Kenyan communities and tourism. It thus provides an overview of conservation practices in Kenya from 2000 to 2015 and highlights the role of natural and cultural heritage as a key factor of social-economic development, and as a potential instrument for conflict resolution

African Heritage Challenges
African Heritage Challenges

Author: Britt Baillie

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-11-27

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 9811543666

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The richness of Africa’s heritage at times stands in stark contrast to the economic, health, political and societal challenges faced. Development is essential but in what forms? For whom? Following whose agendas? At what costs? This book explores how heritage can promote, secure, or undermine sustainable development with special focus on sub-Saharan Africa, and in turn, how this affects conceptions of heritage. The chapters in this volume identify shared challenges, good practices and failures, and use specific case studies to provide detailed insights into varied forms of heritage and heritage defining processes on the continent. By critically analysing the often romanticised discourses of ‘heritage’, ‘community engagement’, and ‘sustainable development’ the volume suggests ways of harnessing aspects of heritage to tackle some of the socio-economic and political pressures facing heritage practices on the continent, including the legacies of colonialism.